| POPSTHEQUESTION | Proposes to suggest father's the puzzle! (4,3,8) |
| TREAT | One part of a Halloween question (Note: Enter the alphabetically first answer to "complete" the puzzle!) |
| YAY | "I just finished the puzzle!" exclamation |
| AHA | "I've solved the puzzle!" |
| EXPERIENCEPOINT | *Gaming term whose two-letter abbreviation is hidden in each starred answer (find all five examples to master this puzzle!) |
| THOMASAQUINAS | After the four "great Latin Fathers", the earliest Doctor of the Church |
| SON | The Father the ___ and the Holy Spirit (The Trinity) |
| MEANS | Proposes to grate the last of the Parmesan (5) |
| SIRES | Rises secretly and fathers the young |
| PATRICK | ___ Brewer from "Schitt's Creek" who takes a reluctant David Rose on a hike and proposes to him at the top of the trail |
| SATURNIOPTIMI | Belonging to Jupiter's father, the best of the gods? |
| TRIUNE | The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, e.g. |
| FIANCE | He proposes to ring the lady again (6) |
| MUSEOVER | Think about one who proposes to hang on to profit (4,4) |
| PAST | Father's the titular head no longer (4) |
| PETE | English actor whose films include In the Name of the Father, The Usual Suspects and Brassed Off (4,13) |
| POSTLETHWAITE | English actor whose films include In the Name of the Father, The Usual Suspects and Brassed Off (4,13) |
| SCUMMANIFESTO | 1967 radical-feminist text by Valerie Solanas that proposes to "destroy the male sex" |
| HEIRAPPARENT | He and I attack father, the one expected to succeed |
| PAUPERS | Peru's upsetting to father: the povertystricken people (7) |
